Although this entire BibleWoot enterprise is technically "New Media," this page is the Audio & Video portion of it. And "Podcasts & New Media" sounds more exciting than "the A/V room."
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Podcasts
Sometimes these are recordings of radio broadcasts, but mostly they're done by people with a computer & a microphone. Though I don't necessarily agree with everying these podcasters say, it is important to be familiar with their points of view.-
Dr. Mark Goodacre's 5-15 minute podcast takes on various topics of interest to students of the New Testament. Though I may not endorse everything he says, this is one of my favorite podcasts. Also available on iTunes.
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Mike Duncan's loves Roman history. He narrates Roman history in short snippets, beginning with Rome's founding and ending with Rome's fall. He also has stand-alone episodes on aspects of Roman life. Start with episodes 87-89, the start with episode 1.
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Dan Carlin loves history. He always has an interesting take in historical events. Episodes 1, 12, 14, and 20-23 are most relevant to biblical studies. I'd start there.
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This is an excellent 3 minute video that introduces key themes to the book of (Luke-)Acts. It is part of an excellent video series that relates to biblical studies. Thanks to Ben Skinner for bringing this to my attention.
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other New Media
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Originally publised in April 1998, this program takes a left-of center position on the idea of "what really happened" in the first centuries A.D. It contains a lot of helpful videos and text, and is a great lead-in to further discussion (or correction).
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I have not gone through the whole site, but the first two categories, ("apocalypticism" & "the book of revelation"), are very helpful introductions to the material.
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Hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this is an excellent source of maps of the ancient world.
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This site uses Google Earth to show every location that is mentioned in the Bible.
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Bible.org has both satellite and hand-drawn maps that are relevant to biblical studies. These are my favorite maps.
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This excellent game takes about 5 minutes to play but delivers a profound message.
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This amazing infographic page is from Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything site.
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An introductory article by Jonathan Treisman on what loglines are and how to write them.
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A quickguide by James Burbidge on how to write loglines. The site that hosts the article is associated with the Raindance Film Festival.
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Hosted by Fordham University.
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There is a free side and a paid side to the this chalkboard generator site.
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Flash Card Programs
Free digital flashcards that you can create and use on your phone, tablet, laptop, personal computer . . .
